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Aaliyah: Romeo Must Die
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Following up on her box office success in Romeo Must Die, Aaliyah starred alongside Stuart Townsend, Vincent Perez and Lena Olin in the 2001 film The Queen of the Dammed, directed by Michael Rymer. Aaliyah played the title role of Akasha, in the supernatural adventure based on the third novel in the Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles. Aaliyah read all the chronicles and was intrigued by vampiric information. She even had the opportunity to talk to Anne Rice who was pleased that she received the role. Aaliyah worked very hard for this role with her speech instructor and mime specialist for movement both were referred to her by her beloved acting coach Harold Guskin who was on the set for RMD. Joann and WB Baron worked with her on the set for "Queen Of The Dammed".
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At the end of the 1990s, Aaliyah's career broadened to include acting. She was signed for a starring role in the martial arts thriller Romeo Must Die, which was released in the spring of 2000. Costarring with Chinese action film star Jet Li, she made what one film critic termed "a creditable film debut." A single she recorded with producer Timbaland for Romeo Must Die, "Try Again," was a smash success, landing Aaliyah her first number one song on the pop charts. Her acting skills obviously made a positive impression on Hollywood's filmmakers, because in short order she was signed to appear in sequels to the wildly popular action film Matrix and to play Queen Akasha, "the original vampire," in the film version of Anne Rice's novel The Queen of the Damned.
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Aaliyah's motion picture debut in "Romeo Must Die", produced by Joel Silver for Warner Brothers, is spectacular by any standards. Co-staring Jet LI, the film was a box office success and has led to Aaliyah's huge hit record, "Try Again." The "Romeo" soundtrack sold millions of copies and spent weeks atop the Billboard soundtrack charts. What makes this even more extraordinary is that she was executive producer for the soundtrack. Aaliyah ... had two other cuts on the record including one with DMX.
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Aaliyah released several singles for various soundtracks. The single, "Are You That Somebody?", with its infectious hooks and beats, climbed the charts. It was ... the biggest hit of her career. Aaliyah hit pay dirt again for the single, "Try Again" off the Romeo Must Die soundtrack. She even won two MTV awards for the song.
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